Just inherited an old electric train that was used, just at x-mas, to go around the base of the tree. There is a switch to activate smoke from the chimney and I remember smoke coming out of the chimney. You needed to put some common household product in the chimney for it to work. I cannot remember what this product is. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks
calhoun"
Our's uses vegetable oil....YMMV
"calhoun" wrote in news:6uopf.39658$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.nyroc.rr.com:
IIRC,the Lionel trains used a little white pill.
Any truck stop should have them
any light machine oil, like "3 in 1"
My trainset's instructions say to use a drop of common household oil.
Diesel fuel and fertilizer.
On my 1956 Lionel train, it was 3 in 1 oil. Just don't use too much. It can't hold more than a couple of drops.
But, as other posters advised, it would be wise to ask in a toy railroading newsgroup or at a hobby collector store. You wouldn't want to put the wrong thing in there and have it ruin it or catch fire.
Steve
Fire coming out of the stack? You mean like a GE diesel?
Actually I had one of these as a kid. If it was a Lionel like I had it used a little white pill. Who made yours? On the Lionel the effect didn't last very long but it was cool! at least when I was 8. This guy talks about it:
Mineral oil when I was a kid.
Cheryl
calhoun wrote:
Thanks for all the great replies and links. Learned more about "smoke" than I thought there was to know. 3 in 1 oil seems to work well. It is what I now remember my dad using. I remember because he used to "steel" it from my moms sewing machine cabinet.
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